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with a few surprises built in.
    “Brings us to our other problem, there are only two of you.
If you are here, there is a third witch. We have to find her. Do you have a
redheaded friend you’re abnormally close too?”
    “What about Minuet?” Kelly asked softly.
    Cord couldn’t be less than honest. It was too important.
“She is not water. She is a different type of power. One I’ve never encountered
before.”
    “So I have a dragon, just as Kelly does,” Molly clarified.
“And there is another woman gifted with water and she has a dragon protector?
And there are other dragons who want to kill us? How can this be? Neither of us
has ever seen a dragon.”
    Cord carefully filtered information before he answered.
“There are only three walking dragons currently on the Earth. The others are
still here, but you could say they are sleeping, inanimate is a better
explanation.”
    Kelly sucked in a deep breath. “Sleeping? Minuet said she
speaks with a dragon but he’s sleeping. Is he a protector?”
    Cord couldn’t reassure her as he wanted to. If the worst
were true, Kelly would have to be prepared. “I don’t know. She didn’t give a
name. I suspect she can call us all.”
    Kelly’s hand tightened in his. “That’s bad? How many are
there?”
    Cord sighed. This wasn’t what he wanted Kelly focused on.
She had so much to learn before she faced this. She should have been able to
get out of the basement herself. Was it possible she didn’t know the strength
of her gift? Or was it she didn’t trust it? If she was totally untrained, it
could be a problem. Every minute of Minuet’s life presented the danger her
mother had just voiced. His inability to end that life while the child was too
young and weak to stop him had created the danger.
    “I will not let it happen,” he promised rashly. He had no
idea if he could stop it. “I’m here, I’ll teach her how to shield from them.
You’re safe.”
    “How many?” Kelly pressed.
    Cord lifted her hand to his lips, kissing the back as he
answered. “They can blacken the sky with their wings. The last time I saw them
gathered was in a battle. I didn’t have time to count.”
    “A battle? You won?” Kelly asked softly.
    “In a manner of speaking.”
    “That doesn’t sound like winning,” Molly stated firmly.
    “I’m here. They are not. That’s winning in the end,” Cord
responded.
    Molly pursed her lips as she frowned at him across the
table, her eyes disapproving at the way he cradled Kelly’s hand. “That’s double
talk for something sneaky. You just said they are sleeping, so they are not
dead. How did you make them sleep? Why didn’t you kill them if it was a
battle?”
    “I also said what seems normal to humans does not apply to
dragons. It is very difficult to kill a dragon, hence our value in combat.
    “Let me put Minuet in her bed. I don’t want to have this
conversation over her head. There is no telling what her subconscious picks
up,” he evaded. “Then you can tell me where her father is.”
    Kelly stood. “I’ll show you to her room.”
    Molly pushed back from the table too. “If I can’t go home, I
have to cook,” she stated.
    “Fine.” Kelly waved a hand at the kitchen distractedly. “Do
whatever you want. We’ll be right back.”
    Cord smiled inwardly. Molly hadn’t asked. She’d announced
what she was going to do. She was earth, creative and energetic. It would be
amusing to watch Legion handle that. If it went that way, he cautioned himself.
    Kelly went up the steps ahead of him. Not even a hitch in
her gait from her recently crushed leg. Those long columns of perfection were
unblemished. Her shorts framed her bottom and he had to look away.
    Carrying the child helped him remember what he was here for.
And there was the unresolved issue of Minuet’s father. He couldn’t sense a
male’s mark in the house. Not even a hint. He’d been trying to find one since
he walked in the door.
    The hall at the top of the stairs